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Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: We were going well for a minute.

Other Questions: Flood Prevention Measures (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: The Baile Bhuirne and Ballymakeera scheme is currently at outline design stage and the preferred options for the scheme are being finalised. A submission to the National Parks and Wildlife Service was approved, allowing the scheme to progress to site investigations, at which point the results will inform the preferred options of the scheme. A surveying contractor was appointed in...

Other Questions: Flood Prevention Measures (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: As Deputy Moynihan is well aware, I was in Cork. I have visited most areas throughout the country, but I have visited Cork in particular because of this scheme. Since I came into this office in the past four and a half months I have made a high priority of several schemes, and this scheme is one of them. I assure Deputy Moynihan and the people that this is at the forefront and I intend to...

Other Questions: Flood Prevention Measures (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: I know this is an important issue for Deputy Moynihan and the people he represents, especially the people in that area. I assure Deputy Moynihan that everything will be done to deliver on the scheme. I assure Deputy Moynihan that since I came into office, I have highlighted several schemes throughout the country, and I see this scheme as important. I have talked to the people who have made...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: The lotto numbers would be good.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 19 and 25 together. The core strategy for addressing areas at potentially significant risk from flooding is the Office of Public Works (OPW) Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The Programme, which is being undertaken by engineering consultants on behalf of the OPW working in partnership with the local authorities, involves the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: The primary objective of Government policy on coastal protection is to ensure that in areas identified as being at greatest risk of damage or loss of economic assets through coastal erosion or flooding, appropriate and sustainable measures are identified by Local Authorities to protect those assets. Where such measures are economically justified on cost benefit grounds and compatible with...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: The problem of coastal erosion at Portrane is being addressed by Fingal County Council. The Council applied for and was approved funding of €57,800 in 2012 under the Office of Public Works' Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme to carry out a Coastal Erosion Risk Management Study of Portrane to Rush. This study was completed and the Council has been working on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: The core strategy for addressing areas at potentially significant risk from flooding is the Office of Public Works (OPW) Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) Programme. The Programme, which is being undertaken by engineering consultants on behalf of the OPW working in partnership with the local authorities, involves the production of predictive flood mapping for each...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that the following former Garda stations have been sold by them since 2011 with a total value of €3,228,000. Former Garda Station County Sale Amount 2014 Inchigeela Cork €55,000 Mallow Road Cork €260,000 Lettermore Galway €63,000 Cloone Leitrim €50,000 Grangemockler Tipperary €103,000...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Expenditure (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: The total costs incurred by my Office on vacant former Garda Stations in the last complete year - from 1/1/2016 to 31/12/2016 - was €224,500. These costs include any maintenance or other actions considered by OPW to be necessary to protect the structure and value of the property asset and/or for health and safety reasons. Unfortunately, a break-down of this cost by County is not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Insurance Coverage (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: The Minister for Finance has overall responsibility for the Government’s flood insurance policy. To assist insurance companies to take into account the protection provided by completed OPW flood defence schemes, the OPW has a Memorandum of Understanding with Insurance Ireland, the representative body of the insurance industry. This Memorandum sets out principles of how the two...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: The allocation for flood relief works in the 2017 Estimates is €60.788 million, of which €45.019 million relates to capital expenditure on flood relief projects and €15.769 million relates to maintenance works on completed arterial drainage schemes. The total amount spent in the year up to 13th December was €53.348 million. It is anticipated that the full...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Data (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: The capital allocation for expenditure on flood relief in any year is included as a global figure in the Vote of the Office of Public Works (OPW) as part of the annual Estimates process. This amount is not broken down on a county or Local Authority basis. The details of the OPW capital expenditure on flood relief projects, both on major schemes and Minor Works projects, from 2011 to end of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Data (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: The capital allocation for expenditure on flood relief in any year is included as a global figure in the Vote of the Office of Public Works (OPW) as part of the annual Estimates process. This amount is not broken down on a county or Local Authority basis. The details of the OPW capital expenditure on flood relief projects, both on major schemes and Minor Works projects, from 2011 to end of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (14 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: The Interdepartmental Flood Policy Coordination Group, that I chair, was established in 2005 and initially met on four occasions between March 2006 and September 2009. During this period, members coordinated on the delivery of many elements of the Outline Implementation Plan for the 2004 Flood Risk Management. These included the publication of planning guidelines, actions in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (13 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 97 together. I can confirm that the Office of Public Works (OPW) received an enquiry from local Gardaí about developing the parking facilities at the Garda Station in question. All requests for capital works at Garda Stations must be approved by Garda Estate Management (GEM) of An Garda Síochána and funding confirmed before they can be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (13 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: The Government has provided many supports to assist those households affected by flooding in Donegal last August. The Local Authorities would have the principal responsibly for housing needs in their area and Donegal County Council would be able to provide information regarding the status of any supports that they have provided. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Closures (13 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: The former Garda station at Camp, Co. Kerry closed on 31 January 2013 as part of An Garda Síochána’s 2013 Policing Plan. As part of the Programme for a Partnership Government, the Policing Authority was asked to oversee a review of all closed Garda stations with a view to the possible reopening of some stations. While An Garda Síochána has identified six...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (12 Dec 2017)

Kevin Moran: I assume the Deputy is referring to a potential scheme of Individual Property Protection (IPP) measures which is the subject of a Feasibility Study undertaken on behalf of Kilkenny County Council (KCC). The Feasibility Study Report, which was undertaken on a pilot basis, has been completed and submitted to the Office of Public Works (OPW) by KCC for consideration. The Report is...